396 Historic Events for January 15
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| 1900 |
Birth |
C‚sar Domela, Dutch painter (Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son)
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| 1900 |
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SCNEC soccer team forms
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| 1902 |
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Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, king (Saudi Arabia)
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| 1904 |
Death |
Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73
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| 1905 |
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Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Rezso Kokai, composer
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Aristotle Onassis, Greece, rich shipping magnate
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| 1907 |
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3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee De Forest
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| 1907 |
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Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them
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| 1908 |
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C Hill and R J Hartigan make 8th wkt partnership 243 for Aust
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Roberta Bitgood, composer
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Edward Teller, Budapest Hungary, fathered H-bomb (Manhattan Project)
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| 1909 |
Death |
Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Das Edle Blut), dies at 63
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| 1909 |
Death |
Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman's drummer (Sing Sing Sing)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Elie Siegmeister, NYC, composer (Plough and the Stars)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Enrique Sasal y Chapi, composer
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Wim Kan, Dutch cabaretier
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| 1911 |
Death |
Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Cy Feuer, NYC, Bdwy producer (Feuer and Martin-Chorus Line)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Michel J-P Debr‚, premier of France (1959-62)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Lloyd Bridges, San Leandro Calif, actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Lord Dacre of Glanton, British historian
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| 1915 |
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Sydney, Kern and Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in NYC
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| 1915 |
Death |
Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63
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